I may be alone in feeling this way. But there's something in the pop-eyed, sleepy-voiced, different-drummer vibe emanating from Jake Gyllenhaal that makes him seem at odds with conventional members of the human race.
Some actors are regular guys....

Stephen King's 2011 time-traveling historical romance thriller "11.22.63" has been made into a miniseries by Hulu. James Franco's in it!
Franco plays Jake Epping, a 21st century high school teacher at loose ends: His wife is divorcing him,...

As a popular phrase has it, this is the age of "peak TV," a term incidentally evocative of the mountains of television under which we now are buried — a mountain that just grows bigger with every passing season, midseason, mini-season and...

Chris Cooper remembers, as do most Americans who were alive that day.
He was a long way back then from winning an Oscar, just a 12-year-old at school in Kansas City, Mo., who got shocking news after lunch that Friday afternoon in November.
"We...

"How are your kids, hon?" a woman asked Julia Roberts after stopping the actress on a Pacific Palisades sidewalk.
She was a familiar neighborhood face to Roberts, and so the two caught up for a few minutes, hugged and parted ways. Here, in...

Julia Roberts is not pregnant, and she doesn't seem to want to get pregnant ever again.
Reports began percolating that the 46-year-old might be expecting a fourth child when photos of her wearing a baggy sweater while visiting her in-laws surfaced...

We can all agree that it's been a pretty great year for movies. But when it comes to this year's best picture Oscar race, that's probably where our accord ends.
At the moment, the critically lauded historical drama "12 Years a Slave" and the...

In the world of amphibian celebrities, there's no bigger star than Kermit the Frog.
Yet back in January on the set of Disney's upcoming film "The Muppets" — the first big screen outing for Jim Henson's beloved menagerie since 1999's...

In the post-game melee, a life-size cutout of Frank Hassell loomed over the Old Dominion fans celebrating on the court at the Richmond Coliseum.
The home-made likeness was attention-grabbing, but the real deal was even bigger.
Hassell had 22 points as...